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Arms Control and Crisis ‘Management’: Feasibility and Complexities in the Third World

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Arms control in the context of East-West relationship is usually understood to imply a voluntary or mutually agreed limitation of arms acquisition amenable to verification; it is usually assumed to enhance stability.

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References

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Joseph Rotblat Sven Hellman

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© 1985 Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

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Galal, E. (1985). Arms Control and Crisis ‘Management’: Feasibility and Complexities in the Third World. In: Rotblat, J., Hellman, S. (eds) Nuclear Strategy and World Security. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17878-0_28

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